The following items will NOT be accepted for carriage unless otherwise agreed to by DHL. To obtain such agreement a business case will need to be conducted by DHL and the items approved for carriage will be recorded in writing with the Customer.
- Antiques and works of art with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000
- Banderols / Tax stickers with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000
- Cigarettes, cigars, tobacco products and electronic cigarettes with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000.
- Dangerous / hazardous goods including but not limited to perfumes, aftershaves, aerosols, flammable substances, dry ice, biological substances, UN classified dangerous goods and any goods specified as such under International Air Transport Association regulations (“IATA”), the Agreement on Dangerous Goods by Road ("ADR") or International Maritime Dangerous Goods ("IMDG") regulations.
- Commemorative coins and medals with an individual value or total shipment value in excess of EUR 2,000
- Financial and monetary commodities - examples include but are not limited to activated SIM cards for mobile phones, blank or activated credit or cash dispenser cards, blank cheques, event tickets, lottery tickets, money or postal orders, pre-paid phone cards, tickets (blank stock), traveller’s cheques, vouchers/tokens, unused stamps etc. Applicable to all shipments valued in excess of EUR 500,000
- Jewellery and watches and with individual values in excess of EUR 5,000. The shipment must not exceed EUR 100,000
- Medicinal cannabis
- Toy guns, firearm parts, tasers and replica ammunition (includes rifle butts, trigger mechanisms, screws / bolts etc which are manufactured for the sole purpose of creating a functional firearm)